Rain protective garment



Oct. 1, 1946.

B. A. LEvlTTl RAIN PROTECTIVE GARMENT Filed sept.v 5. 1945 IN VEN TOR. BENJAM/M A. LEV/'T7'.

l ATTORNEYS in the plane of the line -5 `of Fig. 1.

Patented Oct. 1, 1.946

UNITED STATES PAT-'EN T 'OFFICE RAINPROTECTIVEGARMENT Benjamin LA. Levitt, Newark', N. i.,js'sigrir "tp A. L. siegel 00.1110., New Yay-rk, N. Y., 'a ear- `poration of New York Application September 5, 1945, SerialNo. 614,491

' f4 claims. (ci. 2-84.)

. 1 This invention relates to a rain protective `garment.

Rain protective garments, especially intended for ladies use, have been made in a varietyof structures'and designs outA of sheet orviilmy plastics of a transparent and lightweight nature, such that the garment may be folded up into a fsmall .package capable of being contained in arladys hand-bag, vand `capable rof being readily unfolded for emergency use vin inclement weather.

The prime vobject of my present invention centers about l the provision Vof a rain protective garment of Athis nature which is exceedingly simple in construction, which may bernade by sch "simple manufacturing and assembling operations as to vproduce a .garment at a very low 'cost and saleable at a correspondinglylow figure, and which, designed to carry out all of the functions and .advantages incident to and expected of its construction, 'is capa'lzile also of being produced in an attractive design.

To the accomplishment of this object and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, my invention relates to the rain protective garment sought to be defined in the appended claims and 'described in the lfollowing specication taken together with the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of Athe -rain protective garment o'f my present'invention, showing the shape and form l't assumes during use on the wearer;l

Fig. '2i is a 'view of `'two sheet patterns used in .m'aking up the garment;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary View shown on an ,en larged scale .and 'take'nfin cross-section in the plane ofthe lline V3-3 ofFi'g. 1.; f

Fig. 4V is 'a similanjyiew 'taken .in Lcross-'section in the plane of the l'li'n'c'eY'l--l of Fig. 1,;'and f Fig. 5 iis asimilar view takeniril cross-section I V'llte'ferring 116W more in detail toy thedrawing and having 'reference rst toFigs. -1 andathereof, the rainprotective garment dfthe presentimenti'on fcoinp'rises va body "generallyV designated as y13 made `from 'two similarly .dimensioned vslnet-.pattems p. and 'p,.the`b1anl s 'of wh 'n aresfhwn in Fig. '2 ofthe drawing. Thelbody-B :defines-in the garment 4assembly a `head-section generally designated as I-I and a cape section generally designated as C, the region between these sections forming or defining the neck N of the garment. It is a characteristic feature of the present invention that the garment body B is madefrom the two similarly dimensioned sheet patterns p and p', superimposed one on the other, attached to each other by sui-tame binding, .then finished .oir by an added edge binding, -andthen provided with a simple neckband and arm `loops to produce the nished structure depicted in Fig. l1 of the drawing, which vrfinished structure may be laid out in the flat and folded into a small package for handbag storage use.

The material used for the sheet patterns p and p', is a` waterproof transparent lightweight plastic film orsimilar substancesuch, for example, -as the rubber hydrochlorideplastic Vfilm product known as Pliolrn Any7 similar sheeted or film material ofa waterproof or lightweight `nature may be employed. The Pliolm type ofvplastic nlm is particularly advantageous because in addition tohaving thedesired lightweight, transparentand waterproofing .properties is quite durable and strong. A yThe sheet patterns p and fp', similarly dimen- -sioned as stated, land one being a negative of" the other (one a r-ighthand pattern and the other Va leit hand lpattern) may becontouredas shown in Fig. 2 ofthevdrawing, and when so contoured are provided with the corresponding bottom edges b and b', the corresponding front 'edges j and .f-, and the corresponding rear edges if and r. the front and rearedges converging and merging Vat the topsr t and t.. of the patterns.

The two patterns pand p, arethen assembled yto produce the finished garmentshown in Fig. 1 by the following simple manufacturing steps.:

(l) The two `sheet patterns are united together along their rear edges r and r', by a binding strip I0. which may be made of a. textile fabric material and whichis channeled as depicted in Fig. 5, the bindingstrip being stitched to the rear edges rzandr., of the two patterned sheetsby a line VVAof .stitching l2 reaching :from the bottom -I4 .of

the garment cape section `to the top I6 of the garment hood f'setin. single bihdingstrip e unites ktogether the two patterned sheets 'p and p;

(2) The front edges fand of 'the patterns Ahave an elastic binding Vi8 stitch-ed thereto at lthe hood section H of the garment by means of an The binding strip 22 termi` nates at its two ends at the neck Noi the 'garv.

ment. Preferably at these terminating ends the binding strip ends are doubled over and stitched to produce loop elements 26 and 28; and

(4) The finaLnishing touches are made by attaching a tie string 30 at the garment neck to' produce a neckband and by forming the arm inf,V

serting loops 32, 32 at the front edges of the cape section of the garment; This is accomplished merely by encircling the neck N with a tape or tie string 30, preferably lstitching thesame fto the rear binding strip. IB as at 34 and drawing orithreading the ends of the tie ystring through the loops 26 and 28, the tie string then forming a draw string for the neck of the garment at the neck of the user. The arm inserting loops 32, 32 are produced merely by attaching two pieces of tape at their opposite ends to appropriate parts of the binding tape 22 at the front edges of the cape section C of the garment.

Therain protective garment of my present invention, the manner of manufacturing the same, and the advantages, both manufacturing and utilitarian, will -in the main be fully apparent from the above-detailedv description thereof. Being made from two similarly dimensioned sheet patterns, one superimposed on the other, the garment may be readily laid out in the flat notwithstanding th'e' gathering edges at the hood section and maybe quickly andreadily -folded and refolded from this iiat condition into small confines to producea correspondingly'small as well as neat package for handbag or other storage use. When unfolded and set-up for rainv protective use, an attractive and fully functionable hood and cape garment is obtained. The hood, byfdintl of the constructiondescribed-closely fits the head and face ofY the user, `maybe neatlycaused to encircle the neck and -be tucked under the chin of the -userby means of the draw stringl 30, v'and maybe held to -the vbody of theuser'bythe user inserting Vher-arms through lthe loops-formed by the tape pieces 62,132.-y Thel garment is made by the exceedinglysimple manufacturingV operations above sequentiallydescribed. A garment is obtained which has abinding ornament along all of its kopen edges, the .ornamental binding .being consisting of two similarly dimensioned sheet patterns, one superimposed on the other, defining in the garment assembly a hood section and a cape section, the region between the hood section and the cape section defining the neck of the garment, each sheet pattern having a bottom edge, a. rear edge and a front edge, the rear and front edges converging and merging at the top, the two sheet patterns being united together along their rear edges by a binding stitched thereto, the front edges at the hood section of the garment having an elastic binding stitched thereto and thereby producing a cupped and head fitting hood, thejfront edges together with the bottom 'edges at the `ca`pe section having a binding lstitched therealong, and a tie string attached to f the neck of the garment forming a neckband.

I 2. A rain protective garment comprising a body made of waterproof sheet material, said body consisting of two similarly dimensioned sheet patterns, one superimposed on thev other, defining in the garment assembly a hood section and a cape section, the region between the hood section and the-cape section; defining the neck of the garment,` each sheet pattern havingV a bottom edge, a rear edge and a frontedge, the rear and front edges converging and merging at the top, the two sheet patterns being united together along their rear edges by r a binding stitched thereto, the front edges at the hood section of the garment having stitched thereto an'uninterrupted elastic binding terminating at the garment neck and thereby producing a cupped and head fitting hood, the front edges together with the bottom edges at the cape section having an uninterrupted binding stitched 'therealong and a tie string attached to theneck of the garment forming a neckband.

3. The rain protective garment of claim 2 in which the last mentioned binding terminates in loops at the garment neck,l and the tie string stitched to the rear binding is drawn through said loops. y

4. A rain protective garment comprising a body made of waterproof sheet material, said body consisting of two similarly dimensioned sheet patterns, one superimposed on the other, dening in the garment assemblya hood section and a cape section, the region between the hood section and the cape section defining the neck of the garment, each sheet pattern having a bottom edge, a rear edgeand a front edge, the rear and front edges converging and merging at the top, the two sheet patterns being united `together along theirl rear edges by a binding stitched thereto, the front edges'at the hood section of the garment havingstitched thereto an elastic binding terminating vat* the garmenty neck and thereby lproducing a, cupped and`head fitting hood, the front edges togetherwith the bottom edges at the cape section having a binding stitched therealong, and terminatingl at the garment neck in loops, a tie string attached at the neck of the garment tothe rear bindingland 'drawn throughsaid loops, and pieces attached to the front bindings at the capev section dening arm'receiving loops. y BENJAMIN A. LEVITT. 

